The Sun. — London, England, 1826-12-05 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDSi—hiotnmy, Dm 4. The Marquis of HIATFORD took the oaths and hid seat. Lord KING observed he had a petition to 'present to their Lordships against' a grievoui and scandalous monopoly, namely, the Corn Laws. It had pleased some of the landed monopolists to deceive themselves, (he did not think that they would deceive any body else), and to state that their own wish was to limit, cheap 'corn. lieliad very little hopes that they would effect their Object, nor did he think that they would carry their ether point, namely, to - make permanent settlement, until theydid that which was just and right. They might make a new law, and he had very little doubtlhat they would make a new law, but until they repealed the' existing monopoly, they never could effect a per— manent settlement: The petition Which he held in his hand came from Association, No. 1, he did not know how many more there were, of a society of the manufacturers .and inhabitants of Ched worth, in the county of Gloucester, called the Anti. Bread 'Tax Society. The petitioners stated, 'that they could see no reason why the landed-interest should have' the 'special privilege of ex smpting .themselves froin taxes ; but the petitioners added, that if the Landowners should exempt themselves from paying all taxes, it would be far less injurious to the community than prohibiting the free importation of foreign grain. They likewise state that the English•Mantifiettirer pays Sd. per day more than the conti nental manufacturer, which amounted with petitioners only, to a tax -of 86/. Weekly, - or %now. yearly on ivages. This would show their Lordships how highly sippreesive the corn laws were to the labourer, and-its far as regarded the manufacturer, those laws were bad poliey,''and highly injurious to the trade of the country.—The•petition was Lid on - the tabby., or ALEXANDER GRANT and others front the Commons brought tip the Corn Indemnity Bill, which, upon the motion of go Bathurst, was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second timer ore, Wsidnesday next. The official returns ;fowl the East India 'louse, relative to the granting of !alas* and,,pensioos, were, presented at the bar.-- Adjourned., ‘; HOUSE OF.. COMM ON S. —lsiosrna v. ELECTION PETITIONS. Petitions were, presented, complaining of undue returns fur the 'following places :—Borough of Sudbury, (to be consider * I Thursday, jaunary 11) ; borough of East Looe, (January 11) ; borough of Wootton Bassett, (Friday, January 12) ; county of Galway, ,(two. petitions), (January 42) ; county of Dublin, (January IS) ; county of Monaghan, (January 13) ; borough of Tregony! (Monday, Jtuntary 15) ; borough of Marlborough, (Ja.. unary 15) ; county, of Banff, (January 15); borough of Hedon, (January 16); borough of St. Ives,. (January 16) ; borough of East. Retford, (Jam 16, )„ Mr. HUME said,-he held a petition front Anthony Alarmion, Es+, complaining of an undue election for Dundalk ; but it wee not directly stated in' the petition that the petitioner was an elector of that borough, though . the - agent here assured him that he was. The SPEAKER said it would be better to allow the petition to be real, and the Muse would decide whether it cattle within the limits pieseribed for election petitions by the act of Parliament. The clause of the act to which he alluded set forth that no petition could be received as an election petition, unlois it was signed by an eleigor or a candidate. The petition was now read, and it appearing that the petitioner, with others, claimed to be electors, Mr. C. W.,WYNN observed, that the Ilouse had on all occasions acted in those cases on the principle that the House should be thrown open as wide as possible to petitions; and as the petitioners claimed to be duly qualified to vote, it would he better to allow the petition to be received as an election petition. The House had decided in the case of the petitioners in Middlesex, who stated themselves to 1w freeholders (though they did not say that they were freeholdort having a right to vote), and there might be maw freeholders without right to , vote, such as _persons with freeholds under 400,, or Peer,' of the realm. That the petitiou came within the spirit of the Act, and ought to be received. The petition of Mr. Maripion was now ordered to be received as an election petition, and ordered to be considered on Tuesday, January it;. Mr. BATLEY prettified a petition from a,Mr. Cadman (We think,) praying that acme addition might he made to the fees of .COnmers. THE LORD CHANCELLOR AND BANKRUPTCY CASES. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR gmv notice, that on the 27th of February, he would Wash a motion to teparate all matters of bankruptcy fro* the office of tlw theut Seat. Lord MOUNTCHARLES presented a petition from a parish is the tliueees of Londonderry, in favour of Catholic Emaucipation. . Mr. SPENCE gave noiiee,that he should on Wed nesdayptit move for certain retsina respecting the amount of bu siness tranSacted in the Court of the Muter of the Rolls And the Vice-Chancellor. „ CORN LAWS. . • Colonel :TORRENS prepented a petition, aired by 8,000 of the inhabitants of the townships of Great and Little Bolton, in the county of Lancaster, praying for a repeal of the Corn Laws. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. c 3. PHIL LIPS from the Chamber of Commerce in Manchester, and by Mr. HUME, from the seven incorporated trades of Montrose ; and from the town of Bradford, in Yorkshire, and five villages '- its vicinity. MR. OOURLA Y. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Mr. Gour lay, which, if the petitioner were able to effect all that he promised in it, must, lie said, be considered as one of paramount import uuce. The petitioner stated, that. if the suggestions which be had made tome yeari ' sinee, respecting' the sale and cultiva tion of waste lands in North America, had been carried into effect, they might have been the means of paying off the national debt.---(Loud laughter.)—Mr. Gourley had pained many years of his life in the Canadas, and had, in his (Mr. Hume's) opinion, written one of the best books which bad yet been published respecting the present state and future prospects of that colony. He protested against the manner in which its cos rerns were now managed, and recommended , to the Government to pursue similar measures to those adopted by the North Ame rican States, which bordered• on the Canada.. Though the waste lauds in those States were of a quality far inferior to Bunt in Veper Canada, the We of them produced an annual revenue of a =llion of dollars to the United States. The petitioner suggested to the House, that a commiseion should be forthwith seat out to Canada to inquire into the fiewihility of granting the waste lands which it contained to emigrants from this country. The peti tioner contended` that 100,900 men might be annually provided for in Canada, Without patting the nation. to any expense. As Mr. Gourley's petition was respectfully Worded, he (Mr. Hine) felt it to be his duty to peeeeot it to the consideration of the House. The petition was laid on the table, and 4;i:derail to be printed. HOBHO USE presented a petition &Pm James Huhrie, 7 h pawnbroker, complaining of ortain grievances which he ited suffered from tlMopiritiot , of the bankrupt laws. Wont the 'moment of Mr. Hohhiew, it appeared that Mr. Mime hail employed one John Joseph Tanner, of Basingball-atreet,.London, as his attorney ; thet the staid attorney' hod prreented to Mr. If ulme a bill of costs, amounting to lOW, but riot sigoe4 with hie name; that Me. Warne, thinking it a very liwy bill, had desired another attorney to get it. taxed ; 'he t Ai r . T e tnnev had, in conseiwelice, struck a docket for bin debt le ta i tAt Mr. Iltdme, though he hail sever made any , legal demand of the a mount of his bill, and eitilingh he held in his bandit property of the petitioner's amounting rto eight or ten tinve the amount of his bill ; and that; in rouse. „owe, . on F r iday jest a meseenger, Relit% under the authority of tbe Commissioners of Bankruptie had taken innommioo of aU his effete, which were infinitely beyond th e „ flaunt of his d e b ts . Th e petitioner complaiutel, that on h ear i„ g that tt commission had been ta4ep out against lun, t ~e went to the Commitsioners, who werviesembled at the Gray's-Inn Cof fee-house, and requeetal to be examined by them as to the vidi dity of the petitioning creditor 'e 4ebt ; but that the C e n tu n u e mers refused to hear the explatiation that Le was prepared to to . 1 0, d of it. The consequence of web r.conduct was, that the name would be in.the. Gazette to-marrow, thottgblie was no more a bankrupt than any gentleman whom, he (Mr. 091die4uie),ehen had the honour of addressing. He did not charge the c‘Arntrissi.nn a+) ad ere with lining done any thin illegal, in acting as they _ . towards the petitioner ; but if they had acted legally, lie thou cte ght that it was high time that the law on this subject should be al tered. The petitioner said that he had po remedy at all for the grieyances which, he had suffered, without irieurripg an expense that was utterly ruinous, Under such circumstances, he prayed the interfereuee of the House, to prevent the repetition of streti io justice in future. After a few words from Mr. G. IL BANKES, Mr. Twins, sad Mr. BATLEY, who contended that it was from the Coosa) of Law, and nut from the House of Commons, that the yetitintair ought to seek redress, the petition was laid on the table. Mr. G. DAWSON brought up the report of the teromieeioners of inquiry into the state of the piddle riuttitlea ,of Great Britain.—lt was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS. Mr: PEEL gave notice, that immediately after the holidays he would move fin the appointment of a select Committee to examine into the state . of the Police in the districts and parishes adjoining to the metropolii. Mr. PEEL then sated, that after the recess he should move for leave to bring in Bills to consolidate and amend the lws.respeeting larceny, embezzlement of money by servants, and the disputes arising between masters and journeymen. The Right lion. Gentleman mentioned two other Bills, but in so low a tone of voice that we could not gather the particulars in the gallery. ATHLONE ELECTION. previously to the balloting for such select committee as aforesaid, deposit with the clerk of the fees the sum of SOU for the payment of such costs as may be awarded against him, her, or them; aud, at the same time, sign a note in writing, that the whole or any part of that awn, which the committee may adjudge as costs, shall be appropriated to that purpose." Mr. G. BA NK ES - observed, that a great part of the argument against the resolutions of the Noble Member for Northamptonshire (Lord Aithorp), with respect to bribery at elections, on-a former evening, turned on the right of the House to award costs; and he could not easily divide the two cases. In his opinion the final decision, with respect to costs, should not be left with the Committee, and therefore he thought it would he right, supposing the House to be favourable to the resolution, that these words, " unless the House should otherwise direct," or words of that purport, should be added. By this alteration an opportunity would be given to the House to remedy any wrong, or to rectify any error, in the adjudication of costs which might be committed by the Select Cominittee. He was aware that this ultimate sp.; peal to the House might occasionally take up a considerable por tion of their time ; but it appeared to him that the interests of justice required that course. Sir T. ACL AND would not, as some had done, condemn in toto Committees on private Billy. He believed, ge nerally speaking, that substantialjustice was administered by those Committees. They frequently forwarded matters which tended greatly to the public good, and decided with the least disadvantage to adverse parties whose interests were affected by particular . mea vulva-. Cases, however,. had, he believed, occurred, in which misconduct was apparent, and therefore he was friendly to a Court of Appeal, before which persons complaining of being aggrieved might he heard. At the same time, he thought it was absolutely necessary that some security should be given, to prevent frivolous and vexatious complaints from being preferred, The SPEAKER—Wou!tithe Housepermithim to draw its attention to the petition which had been received last week frtim the borough of Athlone ? On. Saturday last he had told the • House that such a petition had been presented, and had requested Its assistance in deciding whether it came within the restric tions Which were requisite to constitute it an election peti tion. The restrictions, as the House well knew, rendered it necessary that the petitioners should be persons who claimed to be either candidates or voters. Now, this petition did not describe the petitioners either directly or indirectly, as persons who claimed to be either candidates or voters. A question might perhaps be raised - upon it- 7 ntunely, bad the petitioners a right to vote, which they wished to raise by their petition? If the House should he of opinion that their petition was an election petition, they had nothing to do but to leave it to the usual course of such petitions; but if they should be of a contrary opinion, the House ought to have the petition entered as read, and then some Member could move hat it discharge the order made upon it, and treat it as a mere ordinary pentim . The petition of certain inhabitants of the-Borough of Athlone w ss then delivered in. and read, setting -forth, That,. notwithstanding that by the constitution of the charteri of:Athlone, by law, and by the express rules of justice, by law and by.the sound principles of the constitution, there should have been present at the election of a member of Parliament fur the borough of Athlone; the whole and every of the burgesses, unless proof made in open - Borough Court of indisposition, or other necessary cause of absence, yet the same has not only been .tudioualy avoid ed'at the late Borough Court for electing a member to represent the petitioners and fellow townsmen in Parliament, but the 1,M11.• monalty have been excliffled, and the necessary notices ant posted, nor the ruler or regulations required by law complied with, but, on the contrary,.`the election was held by subterfuge, and under the most peculiar and, unconstitutional degree of injustice ; that, there fere, petitionary humbly 'submit to the House, for the reasons afiiresaid, and: herein stated, that Richard liandeock, Esq. has been unduly and Unfairly returned, in direct violation of the con stitution and of the established law of the realm, and, in particular Of the laws, rules, and regulations for regulating borough elec tions in Ireland,- inasmuch as, four days' notice should have been given in the most public manner, signed by the re turning officer, upon the receipt of two precepts from the sheriffs of the counties of Westmeath and Roscommon, to each of which counties the • precincts of the borough extends; whereas the election was held upon one precept, and without any returning officer legally appointed, and without the necessary number of burgesses required by law having been pre twit at such election ; and, above all, petitioners humbly submit to the House, that as the corporation of Athlone has been long in Part defunct, and the corporate body having died a natural death, and ought to he dissolved, as will appear by the corpora tion books When laid before a Committee 'of the House, with other substantial incontrovertible proofs, and also by the returns signed and filed in tl e Hanaper-office, Dublin, of Kerr's return the elec tion before last, and of Mr. Handcock's return at the late assumed e'ea ion; tit it the House will not permit a Member returned not only unconstitutionally but unfairly, and iu direct violation of the laws, to sit in -the House es Representative for Athlone; and whose vote might ; perhaps, he calculated to form a majority on nn important question upon which the salvation of Great Britain might depind ; wherefore petitioners humbly implore the House to try and inquire, by the production of the corporation books, of copies of the returns in the Hanaper-office,'Dublin, and by the ex aniMation of witnesses, whether the 'said Richard Handcoek is constitutionally, fairly, or-legally • returned :or not, and if it ap pears that he is not, the petitioners humbly expect that the House will order new writs to issue to the sheriffs of the counties of ,Weatmeatli. and Roscommon, and ,that petitioners may be en titled to their valuable privileges, the right offeeedom of election. - - Mr. PEEL said, that on the whole, he thought great advantage would result, if the House laid down some spe cific rule, in accordance with which an appeal might be made against a decision of a Committee, instead of leaving the matter in . so indefinite a shape as the prevent resolution did. The reso lutions generally went to purify the constitution of Committees, and, therefore, appeals were likely to beim numerous than, per haps, they otherwise 'would he. Put he hoped, if it appeared that injustice had been done to an individual, that he would not be. debarred from redress, because, he could not put down 500!. A poor man ought to have liberty to say, "It is trite, I have not 500/. to advance; but I will state my:case to the House, and call on them to do me justice." The House ought to reserve to itself the right of doing Justice to an individual in any stage of a private bill. Mr. CALCRAFT felt the proposition for a sie, posit of 500?. to be so objectionable, that the House ought not, in his opinion, to adopt it under any circumstances. It would be adding, most decidedly, to the difficulties which poor people would have to encounter, in procuring justice from a Com mittee. Be the case of oppression what it might, it was quite clear, that unless the appellants possessed considerable re sources, they could not demand justice at the hands of a Com mittee. After having been defeated before one Committee, and having incurred great expenses in the course of the proceed ings, persons feeling themselves aggrieved could not come be fore this new tribunal without depositing 6001. He had but little expectation that benefit would be derived from the reso lutions of the Hon. Gentleman opposite, and he thought that, in receiving those resolutions, the House had suffered the conduct of the private bill committees to lie greatly overcharged. From his own experience of those committees, he was perfectly convinced that justice had generally been done. It seemed to be supposed that there was et present no appeal from the derision of a com mittee. But there was an appeal to the • House ; end they had seen:instances where, when the committee up stairs were mis taken, the case had been set to rights by the House. That he conceived to be a far better tribunal than the new one which had been devised by his Hon. Friend. He thought this deposit of 5001. should be given up altogether, and that the part!ii who alleged that they had suffered wrong, should appeal at once to the House. If, however, it was still proposed that they should appeal to a corn mittee, the expend attending such a proceeding, the employment of Counsel, &c., would be quite sufficient to prove that the appd lani's case was sot a frivolous one. He would recommend his lion. Friend to suffer the other resolution to be carried into effect, and when he saw how they were wrought, he might, if he thought propev r zintrodnee a bill, enacting that appellants should enter into recognisarick, which wield be a much better mode than that of .culling in individuals to putdown 500/. Mr. G, 1.A . M11 said, his doubts its to the legality of calFitig on appellants to put down 600!., out of which costa were to he awarded, were retnoved!hy the satisfactory precedent *filch had been adduced by his Hen. Friend, lie should vote for the resolution, because the very existence of an appeal Com mittee argued the necessity of its having the power to award costs. Mr. LITTLETON was of opinion that a deposit ought to be required generally , leaving it to the House to depart from that practice iu any particular case, if they thought fit. If however the House would consent to adjourn the debate to a fu ture day, he would in the interim re-consider his resolutions, and endeavour to make such alterations as would obviate the objec. tiona which were made to them in their present shape. Mr. ABERCROMBY approved of the course which time lion. Member proposed to pursue. The debate, wits then adjourned to the 15th of Ferbtmary. Mr, B. COOPER gave notice, that he would, after the holidays, bring forwarka motion against the pritctice of allowing all Members to have voices in private committeei. The SPEAKER stated to . the House, that in pursuance of their resolution, he had drawn up a list of members entitled to vote on appeal committees, according to their respective 60UPtieS• He would, bower, suggest, that nothing ahould be done with respect to the list till after the holidays. The list was then laid on the table. Mr. C. W. WYNN said, that he' hid before stated the rule of the House and the law of the country on all cases like the present. Such petitions by law could only ho received from these who were candidates at the election, or from those who clamed a.riglit to vote for .them. That was the rule of Parlia ment, and Weed the law of the land, till the time of the Gren ville Act. The tight of petitioning Was thrown open by that Act to all persons. .Considerelde inconvenience, however, arising from the practice, the former rule wes revived by an Act passed in 1788. In all points relating to the reception of petitions, it was the duty of the to lean to the side of the petitioners ; but In earn like the present the words of the Act were imperative —and the House wee bound to abide by them. There was one point to which he wished to call the attention of the House, and that was, that any decision to which they might that night come was not final, and that the election committee to which it might be referred, would have the power of deciding whether it came under the had of an election petition or not. He needed only to refer to the diinieien in the Nottingham case, where in the middle of the 'trial it was discovered that the petitioners who had deatribed themselves as freeholdata of the town and county of Nottingham, were not such, and therefore were not entitled to vote for the election of Members for the said !Wong''. If the Housewetst to send to an election Committee the present petition, not being such, as 44 election committee could take cognizance of, it would be making s losYy infliction on both parties, owing to the expences which they would have to, incur in bringing their witntstees to England. Ile mentioned. that circumstance to the House, in order to show it that the course which ought to follow was chalked put by the Act of Parliament, and that there wee no thing in the pat titular features of the case which ought to induce it to transgress that course, Now, from the petition itself, it did not appear that the petitioners were electors—they did not say that they themselves had a right to vate,all that they said was, " that at theelection of a Member of Parliament fnram Borough of Athlone, the whole and every of the burgesses should be present." They. did not even claim to vote at the late election, unless such an influence could,be drawn, which he thought that it could not, from the concluding sentence of the petition.--" The petitioners humbly expect that the House will order new writs to issue to, the Sheriffs of the counties of Westmeath and Rosecounnon, and that petitioners may be entitled to their valuable privileges, the right of freedom of election." He humbly submitted to the House, that this petition.eould not he considered as an election petition. If the House thought that, tinder particular eirum stances of the wow, some indulgence ought to be extended to the petitioners, it could extend the time fur receiving their peti tiou beyond the pupal term of fourteen days, and could give them, but theta only. ant right of presenting another petition against the return, within a eartain definite and limited time. Mr. GOULBURN,, in a ono p' yoke not dis tinctly audible in the gallery, Contended, that it was evident - from a former petition presented , by the individuals whose name, were sobseriffed to this petition, - that they did not claim a right to vote at the halt , election. He therefore thought that the order made on' Petitiali'ongh) to' be discharged. Mr. HUME them* it only fair thattime should be alloWed to the /*thinners to boned their petition. The - order was then discharged. Mr. C. W. WYNN then gave notice, that he wouhl to-morrow muve for an exteMiion of time, in order that the peti timer* might have an opportunity to amend their petition, hi statin in what capacity they came before the House. Mr. HERMES hrought in the 19,000,000/. Ex , chequer Bills Bill, and the Bill for the applopriation of rooopou of the grants of last year to the, service of 1827.«eilIead the first time, and ordered to be read the second time to-morrow. Mr. WODEHOUSE moved for various returns relative to the importation and exportation of grain.—Ordered. Mr. BANKES moved for a return of the average price of wheat in England from 1815 to 1826. A. Member presented a petition from the Inhabi tants of , Fowey, in Cornwall, complaining of an undue return for that borough. It was read, and ordered to be taken into conside ration on, the 17th of January. Another lion. Member presented a Petition from Mr. South cott, co,oplaining of an undue return for the county of Cavan. It was read, and ordered to be taken into consideration on the 17th of January. _ The /ouse then adjourned at a quarter before , seven o'clock. PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEES. Mr. LITTLET(?N rose to move the resolution, directing that any individual who appealed from the decision of a committee on a Private Bill, Omuta, in the first instance, depo sit the sum of AWL, to meet such costs and nprtileeal as might ni tnnatalli be awarded by the select committee, which he had le it it his duty A former eveniag to Withdraw, in consequence, of the request of several lipu. Members. He 'now meant to move this resolution in substance ; but, with such an alteration, ar !•vt)Pla, be trusted, remove , the objections that were formerly urged fig!' ,- it. IN lime thought it right to state, that a prece dent fqr tot principal ()) Which this resolation ex istedin the unifor m pewitk e f o , that House, which out& it impe rativeOn "erY Parliamentary eget); to deposit a certain sum with the proper officer for die payment of fees ; amell9t of which c e ef4 was, after the wite was disposed of, settled by thii home. his She subject, the. whole s y s t em w hi c h he wished to in tl•od v iew " ;e 1)f oixilf bir cOatPlefely usel ess , un l ess suc h a security as t h at w hich ,theresplutiko set forth were duly given. It would effectually preiver4f , a.T° l furl* the only means of preventing, fri nPP4lLltfininat the decision of committees on Private hills. The /fon. Gentleman umelpled, by moving; "That the party or parties complainin g , by their TVA? shad, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. (From the Eton', dated Sunday.) Tazwre, Novi 18.—We have received news from Constanti.:.. noplea dated October 26, confirming, which we had previously learnt, the conspiracy . discovered on the 19th. Already, on the 20th, numerous corpses were seen floating in the sea, and a great many boats, loaded with exiles, proceeding to Asia Minor. Revolutions, conflagration*, and the plague, now render Constan tinople a dangerous 'abode. The Janissaries, who have fled to Natolia, threaten to put every thing to fire and sword. But they will clot do any such thing, because they are cowardly, and without support. . Letters from Syra say, that on the I tth of Sept. Commodore Hamilton was:before Hydra, with three men of war, and bad delivered to the Hydriot Deputies, who waited upon him, a note in which .he demands-Ist. The restitution of the goods of eigh teen English vessels captured sinee the beginning of the war. He conkl not neglect, to make the tlaini, because the English mer chants accused hi excessive ind u lgence in this matter. 2d. That neither ships nor boats should be allowed to sail without passports. 3d. That ships which should be found at that very moment en a cruise should have to pay a fine of 100 talaris to the Greek Government, 4th. That all ships which should hencefor ward sail on a cruise should be obliged to place a security in the hands of the Authorities. sth. That if the Government could not immediately furnish en indemnity for the 18 vessels, it should fix a tithe and give securities. It is generally considered as certain at Constantinople, that the great European Powers have united to obtain from Turkey an ar rangentent to put an end to the war. in Greece, which is so afflict big to humanity and sufattil to the commerce of the Levant. It i s ppsejbje fh4 the Porte might not be averse to accede to the - views of the Elgaltesil Cgdnets ; but it is added, that, at all events, the latter are resolved tliemselvu to take treasures calcu lated to lead to the desired result. . (From the xioile.) p, tt us, pre. 2.—lf th e opposition Journals are to he believed, e y e nts now passing, o n t h e b orders of Spa i n an d P ortugal, would form the gravest and most important question of the pre sent day, 'and a Y l e a tiaa , as novel u , important. Yet circuin tof by, i na means distant d ate, an d t h e reco llections o f w hi ch * nill te"' must have been deep, Present to us a' similarity which cannot escape but from minds the most inattentive or the most prejudiced. In 1523, the French troops, conducted by the Duke d'Angoulente, happened to be near the place whither the Marquis de Chaves, th en Count d'Aramanta, had bee n pursued by the Portuguese, Riego (the same who lately entered Tras os Mentes), who h ai l entered Spain sword in 40, No doubt was then entertained of the necessity of France taking a side, and the sa" --- . ------ - '.. germ of a war between France and England was declared PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. _ evident. It was soon afterwards ascertained, that the Duke HOUSE OF COMMONS. . ~ had refused to receive the Portuguese Refugees into his NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. camp, :and the Constitutionalists had returned to Portugal. 1. Mr. Maberly—Returns of articlei imported and exported; also, an Thai we have seen, at a period much more important, that Account of Bank Notes in circulation.' ry France would not mingle in the disputes of Portugal.. If, then, tlSe Cape of , Good 11, ; also, of Lieutenant-Colonel Bird's Exat • the Cabinet of the Tuileries acted in this way, under such extra- urination ; the Commissioners of Inquiry, and between Mr. D and of all Correspondence between the Colonial Dep,ar Mr . Hume—Copy of the Reports of the Commiss ioners of I n q ui 2 at . Es. ordinary eirctnnstances (the Portuguese had entered the Spanish meat and carpi and the same Department. territory, be it marked in array), it is exceedingly unlikely , that 3 . M r. Ald erma n Waithrnan—lnquiry into the formation and proceeding under ordinary circumstances France should alter her policy ; and, of the Arigna Iron and Coal Company, and into the conduct of the Comps more especially, when the Spanish Government had loudly de clared its intention of remaining neuter amidst the differences of 4. Mr. George Robinson—Return of Vessels, and Exports and Imports, pies w to h r e s re an a d ny o o tti f e t e h r e s i t : o lso o respecting other d ot o h iti er oor Jo s in a t re _ti 1636 • • the parties existing in Portugal ; and when it is well known the 5. M l l e itrln isne tV Thil ,Ann e. „rotg4ivl:lllfsuitahedr time . to the Athlone Petitioners King of Spain has written with his own hand the declaration of his neutrality, and given the most positive orders to remove the ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. to prese nt a s n Election Petition. Portuguese refugees to a distance from the frontiers. The pretend- '• " Exchequer Bills (10,000,000) Bill—Second reading. - ed complication of interests in the di ff erent Cabinets, so far as V. Transfer of Aids Bill--Second reading. Stock k eer u n o ed m r s- France and Spain are concerned, are already perfectly explained. , NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. As to, England, we yesterday cited Mr. Canning's words, that . Wednesday, Dec 6. England would not interpose to give either party a preponderance , I. A d ir Ow SPe n o n n eb— furt it h and exceptions (for six years last pasty in ls and of the Vice.Chancellor;i over the other. These simple and natural explanations are suf- t a h o e d cl o u t tof r t e h se e n V a u r ter r of o patol I to be heard on exceptions sou e e t r u d rn irec of ti t o h n e s number of Orders made or Causes set uses fieient for those who seek for truth ; and the pretended anxiety further Directions in both these Courts. which agitates men's minds on these questionS is nothing hut the 5. Mr. Hume—Return of AReals from the Colonies: Return of Debtors. y, Feb. D. uncertainty thrown around them by the prejudiced interpretations of the Journals. We may judge, by the measures Which theyßankruptcy from the High Court of Chancery. propose as remedies to this transient disorder of their ideas. One A ft er the Holidays. , Mr. in nrgs o f lo Taylo 'a l da cition tending to separate the jurisdiction of them, the Quotidienne, would have France break through her neutrality the moment that England declares hers and take up s Mi. Secretary Peel-1. Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws re• Bill for Mr. m Secre etro ta po r l y is P . eel—Police of parishes in the immediate vicinity of the arms against the order of things emanating from Don Pedro ; the eating to Larceny, and offences connected therewith. other the Journal der :Debate, would have France withdraw her troops from a kingdom in alliance with, her, at the moment when tire to Remedies against the Hundre4. t Bill lA' consolida . bug _ad tcoonrrsoolpeidaittyin.g asn. % m i ll for r d eonso ing th li e da La ting ws an rela d t a l m ve m t di o n ni g al t t e io l i s ii ,f l l 3 n s ju r ii in e s s : amending the Laws relative to Embaalements by Journeymen S., it is pretended that that kingdom is menaced with danger ; others nufacturers, and Disputes by Journeymen and their Masters. 5.. 1 -' again, knowing no panatea but that for all diseases, would s have for repealing such Statutes as will be superseded by the prece ding us impose a Constitutio n on Spain. In the midst of these con e Bills. flieting project s and ideas', ihat Is better than to leave it to . the Mr. Barnsby Cooper—Resolution against giving Voices t o all Members who come to Committees on Private Bills. ~,,. prudence of the King to adopt; that line ,of conduct, which is at once the wisest and the most suitable to the dignity of Franee. • • "(From the Conatitulionnel, Dec. 2.) • ' PARIS, Dec. I.—The invasion of the: province of Tras-os- Nlontea by the Portuguese Refugees, has' become the subject of conversation in all political circles. Further intelligence of this event, and of the sensation it has produced in Portugal,is expected with the greatest impatience. This is a* very bold and audacious enterprise on the part of General Silveyra, and of .the. other Chiefs of the insurrection; nay it would amount to a mad species of temerity, if these worthies had not the promise of some assist ance, soul of some foreign subsidies ; if on their 'departure from, Spain they had not carried along with them the certainty of being supported by the Government of that country. The opinions of all men coincide in the conjecture, that Silveyra has been encou raged_and - stimulated to undertake so decisive a step, which renders every attempt at a reconciliation with the Qmstitutional Govern ment of Portugal impossible. It has been observed that the diplomatical conferences have become very frequent at Paris during the last three or four days. The Russian and English Ambassadors nieet very often at the Foreign Office. The Austrian Ambassador likewise attends on those occasions. It is conjectured that these meetings have taken place in consequence of the intelligence which has arrived from the frontiers of Portugal. Extraordinary conferences have like with been held at Montrouge, which were probably occasioned by the Same advice*, which have been this long while expected in that quarter. (From the Courier Francais.) . 'PARIS, DEC. 1. —The Rtoile quotes the following article from another journal 4 . We are assured that the late despatches from Spain, declar ing that that Government would remain neutral with respect to the affairs of Portugal, have been written throughout by the King's own hand; and that Colomarde, the only Minister near his Majesty, was not even called upon to sign them ; but that the King sent for M. Melgar, the Director-General of the Post-office, and gave him the dispatches to be sent to their destination." MANCHESTER, SATURDAY EVENING, DEC. 2. (£lOll OUR OWN CORRESPONDINT.) DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK'. Scala% Bea Stock ........ „ ........... Old Annuities ....................... . New Ditto . ........... 83% Ex. Bills, Yd ....... Ditto 'Wpm. Ditto 500 24. ...... 18 19 pin. Ditto Small ... . . 4J.....•. 19 la pl. -- Ditto Commercial.. ................ Bank for Opening .................. India tbr Account .................. :Cons. Ibr Account ............ soisu INDS AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Ports }truism, 5 per cent. ............ . Ditto, New ........................... Russian, New, $ c• ..... ..... °I)4 SPanish, 1821 .............. ................ . French Nentee, . c.. ..... Exchauge ............ """e• -"v• —3 per cent. ........ ... -.f •••4• •-.1; Exchange.. .-1• 1 AT ONE &CLOCK. Paid. Po Share" ..f.75 44 20 3$ rC3 15 13 18 A S b C. ISO 210 lb 1114 `Our market has continued through•the past week very inactive, and the business done very trifling: The holders of manufactured goods have found it very difficult to make sales at last week's quotation, and in some instances have been compelled to reduce prices in order to effect sales.— We have had some business doing in the low numbers of Water Twist, say 6s. to 18s.,at I 1 to I I per lb., 'which, considering the lowness of the counts, is comparatively a much better price than the higher numbers will bring.— There has been a fair inquiry for• Mule Yarn, end some sales have been made at prices fully equal to our former quotation. The demand for Power )Doom Cloth still con tinues fair. Velveteens, for exportation, are uncommonly bad to sell, prices, however, keep steady. The 1,789 bags of Sea Island Cotton, which we last. week noticed would be offered by public auction in Liverpool, yesterday came forward, 1,465 of which went off at a reduction of id. to Id. per lb. ; the remaining 324 bags were withdrawn.— The demand for Cotton by private sale, both here and in Liverpool, has been very steady, and prices have been fully supported. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Mr. Young last night made his appearance as Richard the Third—a novel and somewhat hazardous attempt on the part of this " last of all the Romans," inasmuch as his chief excellence consists in the display of physical grandeur and cold monotonous, hut-splendid declamation. Richard, we all know, requires the very reverse of all this ; there is but one declamatory passage throughout. the character, which, however, Mr. Young gives magnificently ; and as for cold monotony, why, the usurper is all life and animation, a volcano, with more or less fire about him, from beginning to end, from the Alpha to the Omega of . hip dra matic history. It may be imagined, then, with what success Mr. Young achieved the personation of so peculiar a character.,-- He was, indeed, a Richard, but not the Richard, and pos sessed no attribute by which we could discern a resem blance to the Royal Duke ; further than a sophisticated protuberance on the calf of his left leg. "There is a river at Macedon, and there is also one at Monmouth, and there are salmon in both," says some sage Welshman, when comparing Macedon with Monmouth ; and Mr. Young, we suppose, arguing upon similar principles, concludes that because his Rkhard is de formed, he must of necessity be the Richard of Shakspearc An other blemish in this gentleman's performance, is his affected rusticity. He seem►as, indeed, to have mistaken Gloster through out, for there is not one tittle:of evidence to support the idea of his having been other than a gentleman and a King : he was err tainly no dandy, "no pink of fashion,"--but the very filet of .his having been a successful man of the world, a searcher into the mysteries of the human heart, and above all a despot, at One of the stormiest and most intolerant periods ever known in Eng land these facts, strongly, if not convincingly, militate against Mr. Young's innovation. 'Kean—our best Richard—dismissing any idea of such innovation, took the character as he found it, which therefore seemed to he one man of the world commenting upon the•mind of another : his energy wail just such energy as we should expect from Richard—impetuous, sanguine,' but never overstepping propriety, whereas Mr. Young was fiery with effort, sarcastic with vulgarity, and shrewd with the low sunning of a plebeian. The rest of the characters were well supported, and the house, we were glad to perceive, was crowded. A DELPHI THEATRE. A new burletta, entitled the Flying Dutchnuin, which sterns, by the bye, to involve a paradox, as if a Thitchman, of all people in the world, possessed the sylphlike dimensions requisite "for flying, WAS produced last night at this theatre. It is, as a whole, a whimsical compound of love and farce, terror and absur dity, with magnificent scenery and new first-rate decorations % all concocted upon Pope's recipe of "guns, trumpets, blunderbusses, that his name could drums, and thunder." Mr. T. P. Cooke, as the frisky Hol. hauler, Mynheer Vanderdecken (we conceive ourselves fortunate thing g rofundity : Mr. Terry, ac i u sog n h co y am v p i ent n a g L, top disp l ayedep write p rre i 0 atiartezattiosf pantomimice t v o er pr o nounceyth imply, while Mr. J. Reeve, i n t h e character of Mynheer Von Rummell (another dislocating appellative) , wriggled his Pau lo _ Hien rear in so exemplary a w anner as to convulse the house with laughter, The piece throughout was well received, and an_ Tiouuced For re p e tition a mid thunders of applause from a n au di ence crowded to collocation, Mrs. Salmon is ( o r was afew days a go ) i n Lon don, completel y yrgo overed, but at present she does not intend to sing, but means to return to the Continent. Mrs. 13radshaw , late Miss Tree, is with her hus band roidi „ g Florence, where she occasionally delights the ttli dienmee ito r s , ou rd:l ft o: D na E n s b_y'sg i r r ivate ß t i h e e i a l t a r r els an p a i n a i s a k te e u t r p g erf a o v r e mer a . ©randm o k e d Ball at the Cape of G oo d H ope about the middle ° ,Sep t ember last, at which all the beauty and fashion of the Co lony were present. PRICES OF STOCKS TIII ' Bank Stock • ~. - 3 per Cent. Red ti% 3!.i 2 ' 3 per Cent. Cons. 3 per Cent.: 831 S , Ditto Red. ailhi 9i DD 4 per Cent. Slew 9110 , Ditto, 1825: Bank Long Ann. .... ..... 19 9-15 India Stock 248% ti Ditto Bonds 35 34 pos. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds.s per cent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 3 14, ChiliatelSonds, 6 per •...ct. 36% Colocataan Bonds DittoZlB24 ...373 ainisn,_ 3 per cent.' Greek Moods Ditto IWO " l 4!s!.i Guatimala Mexican Bonds Do. )825 PRICES OrSRARE Anglo Mexican Mining Company. Brazilian Mining Company Potosi La Paz and Pernvian Assoc Tialpuzallua Mining Company United Mexican Mining Corlipany .PRICE OF IRISH. STOCKS, DEC. 2. Bank Stock „.. ~.. ...... . ..... 210 39 St. Patrick lnsur. (per share) "• Oov. Stock, 314 1 per cent . siai t Royal Irish Ditto dis. Ditto, New " li• Zdational.Ditto 4 per Cent 96 1 ,i% ' Patriotic Ditto " Oov. Deb. 334:per cent Consols, 3 percent :- Proviiiclia Ditto Royal Canal Stock --.. Royal 440 . .1111ne .... Grand Canal Stock - Itajperipl. Paine City Deb. 4 per cent. -- Mining *Vol Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. .--. Commercial Butklings " MAILS. ''.. --• Arrived. Due. Arrived. pile. 1 America. 'o • 0 Guernsey& Jersel. 1 0 Brazil 0 2 Berylliumli 1 0 Buenos Ayres - 0 Holland ........ 1 0 Donaghadee 0 - .0' Jamaica .... 1 / • 1 Dublin 0 0 • Leeward Islands . v u Flanders 1 0 .-. Lisbon . 4 ........• 0 1 France 0 Malta .. .. . .... , ... ••• 0 0 Gottenburgh 2 • . 0' Waterford . .... .: . ...22.:___... HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIRGE TO-1110RR OW• Morning 7 minutes after 7. I Evening 33 minutes Oter 7 ' • ___ Zbt Ono. LONDON, • TUESDAY EVRNINC, D.ECEMBFR 5, 1826' 1 ,17 e received Pa P ers °i. FridaY la7t , night the:Froci-1 i 40c., ,re French Funds declined on Saturd a y to 991 . and i Saturday, and the Etoile dated. Sunday morning. and the 3 per Cents. to 71f. 15c. The hostile movements alluded to in our pa yesterday,er of p on the part of the against their tack on three several points, s ; from Orense in Gall iii native country, arePfPurtllyugcuoensfiermdeesed•rterl't would appear that they contemplate & simultaneous at- Beneventa, the nearest point to Braganza ; and ' n the South upon the Ai es. it cannot be believed for a moment t hat such pro.' ceedinga can have been undertaken by these rebels, without the complete assurance of the connivance 01 thetfaent assistancepp:fil of the Spanish Government ;' B ', again it can hardly be supposed, that in t' l f present state of asks, Spain could lend su.e n aid without the secret concurrence of toe Power _which has possession of all points of the kingdom. The Etoile, nevertheless; again labours to prove that France is . noelikely ti'. violate her neutrality, and that the NINO . will adop t that line of conduct; which " is at once the wisest in t most suitable to the dignity of France." We c an " ' however, view all this, without feelings of great anxity,r mixed with considerable apprehension: Si d we fear that, if no other consequence results from it, the `rate of Portugal will be kept in continual.exciteraent, ibe.. long as S ; pa.n is permitted not only to receive l' er t o , serters and disaffected, but actually to ?Wr it s,hrjtheir not assist them) to prepare for the *taco v. . country from her tersitery. The Etoile, in an article, - dated Constantinople; 18th of November states - that an are wa e about to take, place between the .Great Powers 01 Europe and the Porte, for the termination of the w sr in Greece. the strong . The Journal des Debats hail a long article . °P i° power of England, which the Etoile states w° " A lit. rom these - Papers in another column. ' Cents ,•'; . I f. 15c. • Bank Stock , 2 072 f. 50c. ' NAP* r ,," 1 " — , 01 1 '77f. 25c. ; Spanish, 101; Royal Spanish ' LoaLt: s9l : Eic°l". on London , one month, 25. 55 . ; three months, 25. 20. F N viivo e e r e s pi f edr a y p . :_r, :s b .x‘ u t9 t ra9 w ett a s s ov c iei o l. ;: si b d e er f e o u l in t :i Three ..A. P Br policy nopEcfu next ghol esti o:—}oi French No other business took place in-the House of 1 4° 411 . last night, but the first reading of the Corn Ind em niti , Bill, and the presentation of a p etition against ti Corn Laws by Lord KING, when his .Lerdship ra in ng the changes again on the evils of the present system, his usual style; In the House of Common s, amongst a vitrietY-..° f other iubjects, we find one o f hi g h interest to the in' habitants of this metropolis. Mr. PEI'. gave nnt i r that immediately after the holidays he would inQvgi °r the appointment of a -Select Committee to exainine into the state of the Police in the districts and parish adjoining the metropolis. We are ' satisfied mat The Right Honourable Gentleman - could notlheve . taken up a subject in which he would hat fcitind mars ample field for improvement than that to which 10,. is about to direct his attention. The stilt' °t tmher.spubstEtrLbsaopfpeLarosnlidko6ni,iisse olid,a disgrace 4 v 9 te 4 hims elf to the consation mendment to the country . during and a t h e recess, w have